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Dimensions of football stadium and museum tour experiences: The case of Europe’...
Brochado, A.; Brito, C.; Bouchet, A.; Oliveira-Brochado, F.In the context of football’s globalisation, some of the most important football clubs (FCs) can currently be classified as ‘entertainment multinationals’. Sport hospitality provides opportunities to maximise club stadiums’ use so that they can increase clubs’ annual turnover and function as branding platforms. This study sought to identify the main narratives shared online about—and the dimensions of—visitors’ ...
ALLERGIC CONTACT DERMATITIS TO ARTHROPLASTIES - A RARITY OR A SUBDIAGNOSED ENTITY?
Resende, Cristina; Santos, R.; Pereira, T.; Araújo, C.; Tavares, N.; Brito, C.Introduction: Allergic contact dermatitis to the constituents of the prosthesis occurs in 5% of patients and may be the etiology of the failure of arthroplasty. The most common sensitizer’s metals are nickel, cobalt and chromium. The components of the cement have also been implicated as allergens.Methods: A retrospective study of patients with arthroplasties, who performed patch tests, after suspicion of allerg...
PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF BASAL CELL CARCINOMA - EXPERIENCE OF B...
Resende, Cristina; Araújo, C.; Santos, R.; Macedo, C.; Brito, C.Introduction: Photodynamic therapy is noninvasive and is based on the topical application of a photosensitizing agent, which after exposure to light source generates free radicals that selectively injure the pre-neoplastic and neoplastic cells. It is approved for the treatment of actinic keratosis, Bowen's disease and basal cell carcinomas.Methods: This retrospective study evaluated the results obtained in the ...
The impact of experimental activities on the motivation and acquisition of scie...
Azevedo, Maria Manuel; Fonseca, Fernando; Brito, C.; Andrade, Raquel P.; Palmeirim, I.; Teixeira, Alexandra Sofia PereiraForty students (middle school) participated in the science activity entitled “Scientists for a Day”, developed by the Life and Health Science Research Institute/School of Health Science, University of Minho. The activity consisted in a set of laboratory activities. The general objectives of this activity were to stimulate the pleasure of knowledge, encourage critical views, heighten the interest in science, mot...
The waters of São Tomé: a calving ground for West African humpback whales?
Carvalho, Inês; Brito, C.; dos Santos, M. E.; Rosenbaum, H. C.In the Southern Hemisphere, humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae feed in Antarctic waters during the austral summer and migrate to their breeding grounds in subtropical and tropical waters during the winter. Historical whaling records suggest that the Archipelago of Sao Tome and Principe, located in the Gulf of Guinea, serves as a possible breeding ground. In order to investigate the temporal occurrence and g...